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The following are offenses that will result in an immediate and permanent ban from Wicombatsports.com: No pornography or links to sites with pornography. This website is not limited to persons 18 and older. Pornography includes posting images with obvious nudity, exposed genitals or female nipples. Links to pornography or links to sites with pornography are a bannable offense. This includes indirect links, photos or videos with the url linked or displayed. We allow members to post images of persons who are wearing very little clothing but do not qualify as pornography. Those images will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and can be removed at the discretion of a staff member. Again, all images must have any link or address that links to somewhere with pornography removed. Racism, discriminatory remarks, links to racist websites, racist pictures or racist language including slang on our site is not allowed. Discrimination will not be tolerated and will result in an immediate ban. We do not tolerate scam artists. We have and will continue to cooperate with law enforcement agencies to catch those engaged in criminal behavior on this web site. Wicombatsports.com accounts are non-transferable and may not be sold, shared or given away. Do not impersonate someone else or pretend to be an employee of a company you are not affiliated with. Users may not commit Posting Fraud by pretending to be a 2nd user in order to post positive or negative reviews of products or comment on topics as though they were two separate unconnected users. All accounts involved in Posting Fraud will be permanently banned from use. Do not spam Wicombatsports.com in any way. We sell ads if you want to promote your product, even, team or website. Businesses are not allowed to start threads regarding their own products or services or events. Pre-order posts are not allowed on Wicombatsports.com. Please read our complete Advertising and Business Posting Guidelines. Non-sanctioned contests, money making schemes, lottery contests, referral sites (both links and games) are not permitted. Pyramid schemes are scams, don't work, and nobody here wants to hear about them. They are considered spam and are not allowed. The following are offenses that will usually result in an infraction: Do not bypass or attempt to bypass the swear filter. The filters will catch most words, but intentionally replacing letter(s) with a *, misspelling a word, spacing out words or avoiding the swear filter in any way will result in a ban. Some words and company names on Wicombatsports.com are not typical swear words. Do not try to avoid the filter on those words either. Pictures or videos of banned words count as avoiding the filter. No trolling. Do not make posts that are inflammatory, or designed to get people riled up. Substance is the key to not being labeled a troll. If you disagree with someone or something, simply say why. Do not post other's phone numbers, addresses, pictures, instant messenger aliases, email addresses, etc., without their permission. Respect the privacy of others. Wicombatsports.com reserves the right to release such information if need be. Do not post any material that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner(s) of said copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. This includes posting links to or requesting illegal software. Think before you post. Posts containing "ibc", "pwnd", "drink bleach" or any other off topic waste of space quickly becomes very annoying to those who are seeking useful information. Please do not type â€œfirst post, second post," etc. even if you are indeed the first poster in a thread. Post content in the appropriate forum. Read the forum stickies, or ask a moderator if you are uncertain of the correct forum to post to. Keep the use of colored text formatting colors to a minimum. Not everyone uses the same style, so text made to be blue with the [color=blue] tag in one style may not be readable to everyone in another style. Do not post in all capital letters. Posting in all caps is considered yelling, and is not only annoying, but impolite. Do not start threads directed solely towards another user. Use the private message function to contact individuals. Non-sanctioned fundraisers or collections for charity on Wicombatsports.com are not allowed. Specific fundraisers or collections for charity on the site must be approved by Wicombatsports.com, LLC. Posts that encourage or promote dangerous or illegal uses, modifications or actions will not be tolerated. Think of Wicombatsports.com as a PG-13 web site. If you want to post material that wouldn't be allowed in a PG-13 movie, then it is not appropriate here. Company representatives, employees, teams, sponsored players and anyone wishing to promote a company, product or service need to follow rule numbers 4, 5 and 6. Please click for our complete Advertising and Business Posting Guidelines and follow those rules as well. Once you are permanently banned three times, you are considered Banned On Sight (BOS) and no longer welcome to post on Wicombatsports.com. All subsequent new accounts will be banned on sight by the moderation staff. Legal Notice and Disclaimers Posts shall not contain (or have direct links to) any content deemed inappropriate by Wicombatsports.com LLC at its sole discretion, which includes but is not limited to the following: content promoting the use of alcohol, tobacco or illegal substances; sex, pornography or adult-oriented content; violence, expletives or inappropriate language; content promoting illegal activity such as copyright infringement, racism, hate, mail fraud, spam, pyramid schemes, investment opportunities or other advice not permitted under applicable law; content that is libelous, defamatory, contrary to public policy or otherwise unlawful. The above rules apply to all areas of the message board system, including but not limited to Private Messages, Signatures, and Avatars. Some forums may have specific rules in place outside of the rules and guidelines expressed on this page. If a forum has additional rules, such as the Buy/Sell/Trade forums, there will be a clearly stated link to the rules at the top of the thread listing inside of that forum. All messages and any other material once submitted become the property of Wicombatsports.com, LLC. Please note that Wicombatsports.com will, from time to time, make changes to these Community Guidelines without notice to reflect current climates within the Community. Additionally, every single issue that might possible arise would be impossible to address within these guidelines. Therefore, just because a certain issue isn't raised here, doesn't mean it will be allowed (or disallowed, for that matter) within the Community. We have written this "Terms of Use" (referred to below as the "Terms of Use") to outline the conditions under which this website is being made available to you. Read the Terms of Use carefully. By using this Website, you will be deemed to have accepted them. If you do not accept the Terms of Use, you are directed to discontinue accessing or otherwise using the Website or any materials obtained from it. The information provided on this website is not intended to be professional, legal, medical or expert advice, but merely conveys general information that may, or may not be related to paintball and paintball safety issues commonly encountered. This information is not intended to create any legal relationship between this website, posters on this website, Wicombatsports.com LLC or any other user of this website. Neither the transmission nor receipt of these website materials will create a relationship between sender and receiver. The information is not guaranteed to be correct, complete, or current. We make no warranty, expressed or implied, about the accuracy or reliability of the information at this website or at any other website to which this site is linked. You should not act or rely on any information at this website without seeking the advice of an professional. THIS SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS", "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND Wicombatsports.com LLC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. THE Wicombatsports.com, LLC DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR ANY WAY RELATED TO (A) ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THIS SITE AND ITS CONTENT,INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TECHNICAL INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, (B) ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITES OR CONTENT THEREIN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACCESSED THROUGH LINKS IN THIS SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS THEREFROM, (C) THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THIS SITE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, (D) YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, OR (E) YOUR USE OF ANY EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SITE. Again, If you do not accept the Terms of Use, you are directed to discontinue accessing or otherwise using the Website or any materials obtained from it.

Rules

The following are offenses that will result in an immediate and permanent ban from Wicombatsports.com:

No pornography or links to sites with pornography. This website is not limited to persons 18 and older. Pornography includes posting images with obvious nudity, exposed genitals or female nipples. Links to pornography or links to sites with pornography are a bannable offense. This includes indirect links, photos or videos with the url linked or displayed. We allow members to post images of persons who are wearing very little clothing but do not qualify as pornography. Those images will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and can be removed at the discretion of a staff member. Again, all images must have any link or address that links to somewhere with pornography removed.

Racism, discriminatory remarks, links to racist websites, racist pictures or racist language including slang on our site is not allowed. Discrimination will not be tolerated and will result in an immediate ban.

We do not tolerate scam artists. We have and will continue to cooperate with law enforcement agencies to catch those engaged in criminal behavior on this web site.

Wicombatsports.com accounts are non-transferable and may not be sold, shared or given away. Do not impersonate someone else or pretend to be an employee of a company you are not affiliated with. Users may not commit Posting Fraud by pretending to be a 2nd user in order to post positive or negative reviews of products or comment on topics as though they were two separate unconnected users. All accounts involved in Posting Fraud will be permanently banned from use.

Do not spam Wicombatsports.com in any way. We sell ads if you want to promote your product, even, team or website. Businesses are not allowed to start threads regarding their own products or services or events. Pre-order posts are not allowed on Wicombatsports.com. Please read our complete Advertising and Business Posting Guidelines.

Non-sanctioned contests, money making schemes, lottery contests, referral sites (both links and games) are not permitted. Pyramid schemes are scams, don't work, and nobody here wants to hear about them. They are considered spam and are not allowed.

The following are offenses that will usually result in an infraction:

Do not bypass or attempt to bypass the swear filter. The filters will catch most words, but intentionally replacing letter(s) with a *, misspelling a word, spacing out words or avoiding the swear filter in any way will result in a ban. Some words and company names on Wicombatsports.com are not typical swear words. Do not try to avoid the filter on those words either. Pictures or videos of banned words count as avoiding the filter.

No trolling. Do not make posts that are inflammatory, or designed to get people riled up. Substance is the key to not being labeled a troll. If you disagree with someone or something, simply say why.

Do not post other's phone numbers, addresses, pictures, instant messenger aliases, email addresses, etc., without their permission. Respect the privacy of others. Wicombatsports.com reserves the right to release such information if need be.

Do not post any material that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner(s) of said copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. This includes posting links to or requesting illegal software.

Think before you post. Posts containing "ibc", "pwnd", "drink bleach" or any other off topic waste of space quickly becomes very annoying to those who are seeking useful information. Please do not type â€œfirst post, second post," etc. even if you are indeed the first poster in a thread.

Post content in the appropriate forum. Read the forum stickies, or ask a moderator if you are uncertain of the correct forum to post to.

Keep the use of colored text formatting colors to a minimum. Not everyone uses the same style, so text made to be blue with the [color=blue] tag in one style may not be readable to everyone in another style.

Do not post in all capital letters. Posting in all caps is considered yelling, and is not only annoying, but impolite.

Do not start threads directed solely towards another user. Use the private message function to contact individuals.

Non-sanctioned fundraisers or collections for charity on Wicombatsports.com are not allowed. Specific fundraisers or collections for charity on the site must be approved by Wicombatsports.com, LLC.

Posts that encourage or promote dangerous or illegal uses, modifications or actions will not be tolerated.

Think of Wicombatsports.com as a PG-13 web site. If you want to post material that wouldn't be allowed in a PG-13 movie, then it is not appropriate here.

Company representatives, employees, teams, sponsored players and anyone wishing to promote a company, product or service need to follow rule numbers 4, 5 and 6. Please click for our complete Advertising and Business Posting Guidelines and follow those rules as well.

Once you are permanently banned three times, you are considered Banned On Sight (BOS) and no longer welcome to post on Wicombatsports.com. All subsequent new accounts will be banned on sight by the moderation staff.

Legal Notice and Disclaimers
Posts shall not contain (or have direct links to) any content deemed inappropriate by Wicombatsports.com LLC at its sole discretion, which includes but is not limited to the following: content promoting the use of alcohol, tobacco or illegal substances; sex, pornography or adult-oriented content; violence, expletives or inappropriate language; content promoting illegal activity such as copyright infringement, racism, hate, mail fraud, spam, pyramid schemes, investment opportunities or other advice not permitted under applicable law; content that is libelous, defamatory, contrary to public policy or otherwise unlawful.

The above rules apply to all areas of the message board system, including but not limited to Private Messages, Signatures, and Avatars.

Some forums may have specific rules in place outside of the rules and guidelines expressed on this page. If a forum has additional rules, such as the Buy/Sell/Trade forums, there will be a clearly stated link to the rules at the top of the thread listing inside of that forum.

All messages and any other material once submitted become the property of Wicombatsports.com, LLC.

Please note that Wicombatsports.com will, from time to time, make changes to these Community Guidelines without notice to reflect current climates within the Community. Additionally, every single issue that might possible arise would be impossible to address within these guidelines. Therefore, just because a certain issue isn't raised here, doesn't mean it will be allowed (or disallowed, for that matter) within the Community.

We have written this "Terms of Use" (referred to below as the "Terms of Use") to outline the conditions under which this website is being made available to you. Read the Terms of Use carefully. By using this Website, you will be deemed to have accepted them. If you do not accept the Terms of Use, you are directed to discontinue accessing or otherwise using the Website or any materials obtained from it.

The information provided on this website is not intended to be professional, legal, medical or expert advice, but merely conveys general information that may, or may not be related to paintball and paintball safety issues commonly encountered. This information is not intended to create any legal relationship between this website, posters on this website, Wicombatsports.com LLC or any other user of this website. Neither the transmission nor receipt of these website materials will create a relationship between sender and receiver.

The information is not guaranteed to be correct, complete, or current. We make no warranty, expressed or implied, about the accuracy or reliability of the information at this website or at any other website to which this site is linked.

You should not act or rely on any information at this website without seeking the advice of an professional.

THIS SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS", "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND Wicombatsports.com LLC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

THE Wicombatsports.com, LLC DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR ANY WAY RELATED TO (A) ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THIS SITE AND ITS CONTENT,INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TECHNICAL INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, (B) ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITES OR CONTENT THEREIN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACCESSED THROUGH LINKS IN THIS SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS THEREFROM, (C) THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THIS SITE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, (D) YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, OR (E) YOUR USE OF ANY EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SITE.

Again, If you do not accept the Terms of Use, you are directed to discontinue accessing or otherwise using the Website or any materials obtained from it.